Thou art so witty, profligate and thin, At once we think thee Satan, Death and Sin.

Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968 The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and praise God.

I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.

What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted! Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though locked up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding the secret to another soul.

The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed. - Reflections on Life.

A bargain is anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.

Then my dial goes not true; I look this lark for a bunting.

Take a slow boat to china.

There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is not to be true to the best we know.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe.

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

Here in His holy House of Prayer we may come on our day of rest, and be safe, if we will, from any thoughts but those of the world to come. Here we gather together for no earthly business, but for a purpose of one sort only; and that purpose is the same for which saints and angels are met together in that innumerable company before the throne of God. If there is a place on earth which, however faintly and dimly, shadows out the courts of God on high, surely it is where His people are met together, in all their weakness and ignorance and sin, in their poor and low estate, yet with humble and faithful hearts, in His House of Prayer.

43% of all statistics are worthless.

Nothing comes amiss; so money comes withal. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 2.

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, Fénelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages -- have been believers in Jesus Christ; and the great Condé, when dying, repeated these noble words, "Yes, I shall see God as He is, face to face!".

To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure. -Joseph Joubert.

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable variations.

The 2 rules of Judo training: 1) the teacher is always right and 2) when you think the teacher is wrong, refer to rule one.